πολυχρόνιος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

πολῠ́χρονος (polŭ́khronos)

Etymology

πολυ- (polu-, “many”) +‎ χρόνος (khrónos, “time”) +‎ -ιος (-ios)

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /po.ly.kʰró.ni.os/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /po.lyˈkʰro.ni.os/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /po.lyˈxro.ni.os/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /po.lyˈxro.ni.os/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /po.liˈxro.ni.os/

Adjective

πολῠχρόνῐος • (polŭkhrónĭos) m or f (neuter πολῠχρόνῐον); second declension

of olden time, ancient
- 7th–6th centuries BC, Homeric Hymn to Hermes 125
1. long-standing
long-lasting
- 460 BCE – 370 BCE, Hippocrates of Kos, Aphorisms 4.23
  - Hippocrates of Kos, Aphorisms 7.6
- 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 1.v55.1
- 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Long. 464b25
- 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Politics 1299a7
- 341 BCE – 270 BCE, Epicurus, Sent. 28
1. long protracted
  - 310 BCE – 240 BCE, Callimachus, Lav.Pall. 128
  - 1 CE – 100 CE, Onasander, Strategikos 38.6
  - Palatine Anthology 5.254.14
  - 460 BCE – 370 BCE, Hippocrates of Kos, On Fractures 10
  - 360 BCE, Plato, Timaeus 75b
  - 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Memorabilia 1.16.
  - 460 BCE – 370 BCE, Hippocrates of Kos, Letters 17
2. long-lived
  - 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, History of Animals 5.16
    - Aristotle, History of Animals 9.7
  - 428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Phaedo 87c
  - 371 BCE – 287 BCE, Theophrastus, On the Causes of Plants 5.18.4
  - 310 BCE – 240 BCE, Callimachus, Del. 282
  - 458 CE – 538 CE, Damascius, Difficulties and Solutions of First Principles 23

Declension

Second declension of πολῠχρόνῐος; πολῠχρόνῐον (Attic)

Number	Singular		Dual		Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	πολῠχρόνῐος polŭkhrónĭos	πολῠχρόνῐον polŭkhrónĭon	πολῠχρονῐ́ω polŭkhronĭ́ō	πολῠχρονῐ́ω polŭkhronĭ́ō	πολῠχρόνῐοι polŭkhrónĭoi	πολῠχρόνῐᾰ polŭkhrónĭă
Genitive	πολῠχρονῐ́ου polŭkhronĭ́ou	πολῠχρονῐ́ου polŭkhronĭ́ou	πολῠχρονῐ́οιν polŭkhronĭ́oin	πολῠχρονῐ́οιν polŭkhronĭ́oin	πολῠχρονῐ́ων polŭkhronĭ́ōn	πολῠχρονῐ́ων polŭkhronĭ́ōn
Dative	πολῠχρονῐ́ῳ polŭkhronĭ́ōi	πολῠχρονῐ́ῳ polŭkhronĭ́ōi	πολῠχρονῐ́οιν polŭkhronĭ́oin	πολῠχρονῐ́οιν polŭkhronĭ́oin	πολῠχρονῐ́οις polŭkhronĭ́ois	πολῠχρονῐ́οις polŭkhronĭ́ois
Accusative	πολῠχρόνῐον polŭkhrónĭon	πολῠχρόνῐον polŭkhrónĭon	πολῠχρονῐ́ω polŭkhronĭ́ō	πολῠχρονῐ́ω polŭkhronĭ́ō	πολῠχρονῐ́ους polŭkhronĭ́ous	πολῠχρόνῐᾰ polŭkhrónĭă
Vocative	πολῠχρόνῐε polŭkhrónĭe	πολῠχρόνῐον polŭkhrónĭon	πολῠχρονῐ́ω polŭkhronĭ́ō	πολῠχρονῐ́ω polŭkhronĭ́ō	πολῠχρόνῐοι polŭkhrónĭoi	πολῠχρόνῐᾰ polŭkhrónĭă
Derived forms	Adverb		Comparative		Superlative
Derived forms	πολῠχρονῐ́ως polŭkhronĭ́ōs		πολῠχρονῐώτερος polŭkhronĭṓteros		πολῠχρονῐώτᾰτος polŭkhronĭṓtătos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Synonyms

αἰώνῐος (aiṓnĭos)

Descendants

Latin: polychronius
- English: polychronious